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Rain Man

This is my hubby. We met through a dating service. He was my 11th match. I was his 1st. I continued to date people after we met....he didn't. We don't really make sense "on paper", but we make perfect sense in real life!

D-man

D-Man

This is my first born. He is funny, smart, sarcastic and obsessed with baseball. He loves UGA and will graduate spring of 2020 with a degree in Economics and Political Science (with a minor in German)

A-Girl

A-Girl is my oldest girl, my first C-Section and likes a lot of the same things I do. She attends a small Christian university in North Georgia and is on a golf/academic scholarship. She is smart, sweet, talented and super funny.

L-Girl

L-Girl is my second girl. She is full of energy and ideas and is a lot of fun. She is super dedicated and an incredibly hard worker. She will graduate from high school in the spring of 2020 and will be heading to UGA as an Exercise Science major. I used to say she was just like her dad....but the older she gets to is becoming more like me (don't tell her!)

A-Man

This young man is not easily forgotten by anyone who meets him. He has lots and lots and lots of energy and lots and lots and lots of ideas of things to try and just see what happens. Usually the results get him and trouble and then Mom and Dad laugh behind closed doors. (I wrote that description when he was about 5 - and it still applies!) The taller version of him is still super funny and smart. He is also an incredibly gifted athlete and musician.

S-Girl

This young lady is always thinking and planning for the future. She has already started her own business (she actually has a few successful side gigs) and has even competed on a televised baking competition. She is a super dedicated student and is truly friends with all her siblings due to her sweet and thoughtful nature. Plus, their favorite thing to do is to get her laughing - because it is contagious and once she starts, she cannot stop.

V-Girl

This is my baby. She has been walking since 9 months and has been a lot of fun and trouble ever since. (I wrote that 10 years ago and it still applies) She has been striving to keep up with ALL her siblings since day one. She is determined to be just as good if not better than all of them....at everything! She is clever and quick on her feet, and is the best most thoughtful gift giver I have ever seen. She is fearless for the big stuff and timid for the small stuff. It is a super fun and interesting mix.

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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

This summer was kind of a blur. Some fun things, like lots of time in the pool and a few visits from family members from afar.

(My mom and my younger sister)

Some not so fun things, one friend moving away, another friend in a horrible car accident (be praying for Debbie), and also a mini mental health flip out/break down by me. (I may or may not tell you details, but I am thinking my feelings/reasons are probably fairly common among middle aged mothers)

Then, on July 31st, L-girl started her junior year in the local public high school.

This same week, D-man left to spend a week in Washington D.C. for a conference and then on August 8th, moved back to his apartment on campus.

On August 10th, L-girl and A-man left for a 3 day leadership retreat.

On August 11th, we moved A-girl onto her campus - not the same one as D-man.

It was very strange not to have the whole gang there to move her in and say goodbye...and somehow with less people there, I still managed to forget to get a picture of she and I. (Oops.) The drive home was even weirder with only 2 kids. We were like a "normal" family driving down the road in our mini van!

We are down to a 4 kid household and let me tell you it feels very strange. It is very quiet. Even though the two oldest are not exactly our wildest/loudest children. Somehow their absence makes it very, very quiet around here.

We started our homeschool year yesterday. We still have three doing school at home. (I will be honest, I would like to continue homeschooling through high school. I suspect I am going to be outvoted though.)

Rainman and I are doing things a bit differently this year and I think it is going to work out well. We have actually divided the subjects, so he will officially teach/be in charge of some and I will officially teach/be in charge of some. We didn't do a good job of co-teaching/communicating last year and things got lost in the shuffle. His work schedule has changed in that he is off most Mondays and Tuesdays and most of his other shifts are from noon to 8 p.m. so he will have plenty of time to teach. He does work a few 7 to 7 shifts, but, I don't think that will mess things up too much.

I am actually excited for the school year. I think it is fairly rare in the homeschooling realm to have a husband/dad that actually wants to teach and be involved in the day to day things connected with our school. Rainman has gotten more and more interested and involved every year. But, what I think has happened in the last few years is that I have felt a little pushed aside by his interest and his own excitement to teach. He is the kind of person that jumps in with both feet and doesn't test the waters. So, he ended up jumping past me and took off swimming with the kids at his side, while I was still carefully hanging onto the railings and climbing into the water. They unintentionally left me behind.

I mean, I was still involved, but it was more often than not having work delegated and assigned to me by Rainman. Like, "Make sure they read this chapter." "Here is the science quiz." "Study the capitals with them before they take the test." If you know me at all, you know I really don't like people telling me what to do....even if I am married to that person. Or maybe I should say, especially if I am married to that person! Ha!

Gone were the days of me designing our days and taking off for a fun field trip to get donuts or popsicles, just because I felt like it or something meshed with my lesson plans. Instead, I spent quite a bit of time just waiting for someone to need me and then when they did, having to catch up and figure out what they had been working on with Rainman because I wasn't as involved in the nitty gritty details of what they were learning. Kind of hard to explain.

But, anyway this year, we are splitting the course work. We are each creating our own lesson plans for the kids. I will still have to see how I can work on the spontaneous field trips that won't interfere with Rainman's school day plans. But, I am more excited for this year of school than I have been for quite a while. I am hoping that our two approaches and teaching styles will help our kids become even more well rounded in their education. We shall see, I guess.